IoT Architect Job Trends

Internet of Things Architect (IoT Architect)
UK

The median Internet of Things Architect (IoT Architect) salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IoT Architect 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,490 71,005 55,480
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 95.30% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,627 41,157 42,977
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £32,444
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,547 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

IoT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IoT Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IoT Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

IoT Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IoT Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IoT Architect job vacancies in the UK

IoT Architect
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IoT Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 3 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 3 £55,000 - 1
Work from Home - 3 £55,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £55,000 - 1
North of England - 1 - -
London - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £55,000 - 1

IoT Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, IoT Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring IoT Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Insurtech
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) Smart Home
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Big Data
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Broadband
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) C++

IoT Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Big Data
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
2 2 (66.67%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Insurtech
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google